Zenon
Some 40,000 Polish men carry it, yet almost no one names a baby this now: just eight boys last year. From Greek, and at root a gift of Zeus, the Zen- worn down from the god's name itself.
Zenon Pronunciation
Zenon is pronounced ZE-non (/ˈzɛnɔn/).
What Zenon means
Where Zenon comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Zenon comes from Greek, and it traces back to the god Zeus. Ancient families built longer names on that root, and Zenon works as a short form of them. The dictionary gloss reads "gift of Zeus." The god's name bends in the genitive, which is how the Zen- came to sit at the front.
Two thinkers fixed the name in memory. Zeno of Elea posed the paradoxes about motion that still trouble students, and Zeno of Citium founded the Stoic school in Athens. Both wrote their name as Zenon in Greek.
The feminine form is Zenona. On a Polish school register the boys named Zenon thin out after the mid-century, though the name never left the calendar, which keeps more than one imieniny for it.
Say the meaning plainly. Zenon means a gift of Zeus.
When Zenon celebrates name day
Zenon appears 10 times in the Polish name day calendar, 3 of them as a main name, the first on 23 June.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Zenon
1 in 529 men in Poland is named Zenon. 40,323 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #213 among male names.
Zenon's popularity over time
8 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #783 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2011. Still the #213 name among living men, even as it slips to #783 among newborns.
Where Zenon is most popular
Zenon is most popular in Pomeranian, 369% above the national average (8 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+295%) and West Pomeranian (+207%).
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Pomeranian8 boys born+369%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian5 boys born+295%
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West Pomeranian3 boys born+207%
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Greater Poland5 boys born+101%
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Lesser Poland4 boys born+52%
Zenon as a middle name
Zenon is a first name for 40,323 men in Poland and a middle name for another 23,662, a 63/37 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 84th, between Hubert (23,737) and Ignacy (23,016).
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#82 Bolesław24,574
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#83 Hubert23,737
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#84 Zenon23,662
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#85 Ignacy23,016
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#86 Julian22,467